St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-29
The Fire Commission Re- Elected John T.
Black Chief of the Department
Last Night.
Bert Steenstra, Messenger Boy, Fell
From His Pony and Was Fatally
Hurt.
Location of n City Building for South
st. Paul--In Favor of Mining
Exchange.
Public Improvements--Do of the
CONGREGATIONAL Club--Summary
of Mondays News.
CHIEF BLACK RE-ELECTED
And His Assistants In the Fire DC.
partment ReappOiuted--DO ings OF
the Com mi SIS toner's.


the Com mn ssiOners.
Chief Engineer John 7. Black, of the st.
Paul fire department, was reelected last
night unanimously, upon Commissioner
Parker's motion, for the two years commenc-
ing April l. He thcu renominated for his
assistants John Jackson. first assistant chief,
and NJ. f. Kelliher, second assistant chief,
which nominations were unanimously con-
frmed by the board. On Commissioner Pen
dergast's motion 1. X. jenkins was unani-
mously reelected superintendent of fire
alarm telegraph.
The following bids for the new two-story
brick engine house corner of Ninth and Fort
streets were received: Downing N fuse,
$1,000; William Johnston Bro, ST. $50; j..
L. Rood, $l7.295; G. H. Fletcher. SlS,S15; A.
Bsssford, Sl7,369; Henry Maltby, Sl7,392. II :;
!. F. Hedinger, $l7,4O0; w. o. Erickson,
SIG, 500; Romano Sheire. SlS,365; John ii {.
Donahue SI6,4T5: M. P. Ryan, SIS, 700; Nc
Sherry g. White, Sl4, 700; Dolan Bros, Sl,,SO0.
The awarding of the contract was postponed
until the No. property on ST. Peter street Is
sold The information was received that
Auctioneer Doherty had said the property
would bring all the way from S2600O to
S2S 600. The board wants TO get S5U,0O0. II
a less figure than that carries of the prop
efty it may be necessary TO cut down the esti-
mated cost of the new engine house.
McSherry & White are the lowest bidders.
Only one bid for painting and glazing was re-
ceived, that of Nesbitt s Co., S472. 1t also
was laid over.
TIE INTERURBAN STATIONS.
Architect H. E. Hands plans (No. y for
the proposed engine houses at Hamline and
Merriam Park were adopted. They repre-
sent very substantial and handsome looking
buildings in the old English Renaissance
stvle. with double entrance, two stories high,
fifty feet wide by ITO feet deep, both to be of
red brick with cream brick and brown sand
stone trimmings.
The new second size Silsby engine, for
which the board exchanged the old No. . and
4 boot of $4,000 cash, was ordered TO be
sent here. The March pay roll amounts to
SIISS742. The committee on machinery
will report what new fire apparatus will be
needed for the year ut the next meeting. No
sites for new engine houses in West st. Paul
have yet been selected by Commissioners
Martin, Pendergast and Freeman, SO the mat
ter is still in their hands 1t being repre-
scented that Engine House No. 6 was in q con-
dition of rapid decay, the board decided to
condemn it.
When the board adjourned Chief Black
celebrated his reelection by doing the hand
some with a very palatable lunch in the Ryan
cafe His guests were Commissioners War
ner, Parker, Prendergast. Freeman and Mar
tin, Col Emerson, Architect Hand, a. Brass
ford, Assistant Chiefs Jackson and kelher,
and representatives of the press. Several
congratulations were directed at the host, and
the night passed pleasantly.